Hi
I'm a horror writer, over 150 stories and 3 novels published, 4 more novels on the way.....that's just to show you I kinda know what I'm talking about :)
- The trick to getting published is:
a) Write....write a lot
b) Send stuff to publishers....and keep sending stuff until somebody takes notice :)
- When dealing with publishers, follow their rules. That means getting hold of their guidelines....most have them available on line.
- Watch out for scammers. There's a lot of them about. Some will try to get you to pay them large amounts of money to read your work and publish you. If you're happy with that, fine, but I ignore them. IMHO authors get paid, they don't pay to get published.
- Study the market. A great source for horror writing markets is
http://www.ralan.com , who'll tell you who is looking to buy at the moment, and where to get the guidelines
- For example guidelines have a look at
http://www.khpindustries.com where you'll find my current publisher and a fairly standard set of independent horror press guidelines.
[- Don't give up. Believe in yourself, and you'll get there someday
Willie Meikle